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What runway is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC/PANC) using right now?

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport active runway and live wind: landing 07R+07L, departure 33. Confidence D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 03:14 local.

D-ATIS CONFIRMEDLand 07R, 07LDep 33

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC/PANC) is using landing 07R+07L, departure 33 right now. The badge is the confidence: D-ATIS when the tape names the runway, otherwise the NOAA METAR wind vector scored against every threshold.

Live METAR and D-ATIS

Wind
CALM
Direction
Calm
Speed
0 kt
Gusts
None
Visibility
10+ sm
Pressure
1031 hPa
Flight category
VFR
Observed
Tue 27 Oct, 03:00

METAR PANC 271053Z 00000KT 10SM MIFG CLR M01/M01 A3043 RMK AO2 SLP305 MIFG NE T10061006 $

FAA D-ATIS J

Landing 07R, 07L · Departure 33 · Closed none listed

ANC ATIS INFO J 1053Z. 00000KT 10SM MIFG CLR M01/M01 A3043 (THREE ZERO FOUR THREE). 7R APPROACHES IN USE. LANDING RWY 7R, 7L, DEPARTING RWY 33. NOTICE TO AIRMEN. CONTACT TOWER 118.3 FOR TAXI. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO J.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at PANC

Every runway threshold at PANC. Headwind is on the nose. Tailwind is the same component when the wind is on the tail. Positive crosswind in the source math is from the right.

ThresholdTrue hdgLengthHeadwindTailwindCrosswindFromRole
07R90°12,400 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding
25L270°12,400 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
15165°10,865 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
33345°10,865 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneDeparture
07L90°10,600 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding
25R270°10,600 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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Questions

What runway is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC/PANC) using right now?

As of Tue 27 Oct, 03:00 local, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC/PANC) is using landing 07R+07L, departure 33. Confidence: D-ATIS CONFIRMED. Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport active runway and live wind come from NOAA METAR (CALM) and FAA D-ATIS when the tape names a runway. 07R shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/PANC or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/PANC#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport?

Aircraft land and depart into the wind. Headwind is the part of the wind along the runway heading. Crosswind is the part blowing across the pavement. A negative headwind is a tailwind. At Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC/PANC) the live call is landing 07R+07L, departure 33 with METAR wind CALM. 07R shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Controllers switch runways when the opposite threshold offers more headwind, or when the crosswind on the runway in use climbs. The component table lists every PANC threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.